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KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
KPMG has partnered with Microsoft to release a new educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
S&P Global Ratings has stopped providing new ESG scores when evaluating credit in an abrupt about-face. Effective immediately, the company announced it is no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financial institutions, central banks, regulators and governments underestimate the economic damages of climate change because they don't consider climate tipping points. Methodologies that guide the finance world should be corrected as a matter ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Acadian Asset Management is utilizing the technology underpinning ChatGPT to predict whether companies are likely to achieve sustainability targets. The Acadian Net Zero Alignment Model integrates large learning models (LLM), the type of AI algorithm ...

Schneider: Digitalisation key to dodging energy shocks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Businesses are switching to renewable energy-based electrification to shield themselves from volatile energy prices, with positive implications for sustainability, according to a new survey from Schneider Electric. The company commissioned independent ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
This week, several institutions have added key new hires in their sustainability teams. Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street Neurodiversity and disability inclusion advocate Jessica Donohue was appointed State Street's head ...

Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Neurodiversity and disability inclusion advocate Jessica Donohue was appointed State Street's head of global investment insights, sustainability and impact following the retirement of Richard Lacaille. Having held several teaching positions at Brandeis ...

Japan renewables get boost from Singapore tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
A Japanese renewable energy operator is set to increase production from its renewable energy portfolio towards Japan's national emissions reduction target of 46% by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Singaporean global decarbonization software company Envision ...

Podcast: Getting the balance right - Laura Ryan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass speaks with Laura Ryan, head of research at Ardea investment management, on her research surrounding promotion in the Australian finance industry. With two PhD's and more than two decades of experience ...

JP Morgan platform to tackle sustainable data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
JP Morgan Securities Services hopes to solve the data problem for sustainable investing with the launch of its Sustainable Investment Data Solutions for institutional investors. The sustainable investment data solution is available through cloud-native ...